The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dynamic as "marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change; energetic, forceful." It's a very useful word for our our current political-economic situation.
In the realm of economics, dynamic pricing is the practice of adjusting prices in real-time* based on factors like supply, demand, customer behavior, and market conditions, so as to optimize revenue and maximize profit.
The word dynamic is derived from the Greek word dynamis, meaning "powerful," which also gives us the word dynamite. This is, of course appropriate, because dynamic pricing blows large holes in your budget by sneakily bumping up the prices of things from minute to minute.
You can easily tell which stores are using dynamic pricing to fleece you by looking at the price labels on their shelves - if they're digital rather than traditional clip-ons, they're intended to facilitate those dynamic changes in the price of the things you buy. And you know in your heart that those prices never go down.
In the realm of politics, I think that the word dynamic - indicating the ability to change rapidly - is also useful for apologists in need of a weasel word to describe Der Furor's economic policies (such as they are), as dynamic sounds so much better than chaotic or slapdash. It's also very useful for the Department of Justice, administration lawyers, and the Orange Airhorn's mouthpieces as they dynamically revise the meaning of the Constitution, the law, and what we have previously understood to be our Constitutionally-guaranteed personal freedoms.
The word of the day is dynamic. That's all. Be wary of people using it.
Have a good day. More thoughts coming.
Bilbo
* Not to be confused with "House-of-Representatives-Time," which uses a very flexible definition of "day."
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